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J. H. Ku'rz FIGURE TOY Filed June 16. 1927 7/////// I H M..I

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Patented Nov. 29, 1927.

JAooB' H. KUTZ, or BETHLE E PENNSYLVANIA.

FIGURE TOY.

I Application filed June 16,1927; Serial No. 199,350.

The present invention relates to toys, and aims to provide a novel and improved wheel-mounted figure toy which will be 7 amusing and entertaining for children.

the scope of what is claimed,iwithout dea parting from the spirit of the invention.

- The invention is illustrated in the acconi panying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a section on the line 11 of i Fig. 3, showing theiifigure'in elevation. V

Figs. 2and 3 are sections on the r'espective lines 2-2 and 33 of Fig. 1.

A small truck is provided to roll on the floor, and comprises a plate or deck 7 which may be of-wood, mounted on the axles 8 of wheels 9, and a string 10 or other suitable element is connected to the forward end of the plate 7 for floor.

The'figure, which Inayrepresent a horse 5 .or' other animal, comprises a body 11 mounted for rocking or oscillatory motion between its ends on'a wire standard 12 secured to and rising from the plate 7, and the legs 13 of the figure are pivoted to the opposite sidesof the body 11 by means of screws 1 L, so'that the body 11 may oscillate about a transverse axis and the legs 13 may also oscillate relatively to, the'body about the transverse axes of the screws 14.

' In order to oscillate the body 11 when the toy is moved on the floor, a link 15 is pivotally connected, as at 16, to the rear end of the bodyll, and the lower end of the link is connected to a crank 17 with which the rear I axle 8 is provided, so that the rotation of said axle will rock the body 11 ron itsful-r crum.

' The legs 13 of each pair are oscillated forpulling the toy about on the 'wardly and rearwardly in opposite directions, by means of wire links 18 having their upper terminals located between the body 11 and legs and provided with outturned pivot portions 19 engaging in the legs 13 of the corresponding pair in front and in rear of the pivot axis of said pair of legs. The lower ends of the links 18 of each pair are pivotally connected with the truck. .As shown, the lower. ends of the links 18 of each pair are connected-by a yoke 20 which pivotally engages through a reduced terminal 21 of a piece 22 cemented or otherwise secured within a slot 23 in the plate or board 7 so that the pieces 22 are flush with the plate or board 7. The wire is resilient in order that the links 18 of each pair may swing slightly relatively to one another, and when the body 11 i's'oscillated, the upward and downward" movement of the pivots 14 'will result in the legs" 13 being swung forwardly and rearwardly, thereby giving the figure a realistic running motion.

The rear slot '23 is extended in order to accommodate thejlink Z15 and crank 17.

The plate '7 wheels 9, body 11 and legs 13 may be made of Wood, while the links 15 and 18 and axles 8 may be made of wire, so that the toy may be inexpensively manufactured. i y i Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is -V 1. A toy. comprising a truck, an animal figure having a'body mounted for oscillation on the truck and having legs pivoted to the body,'n1eans for oscillating the body, and links pivotallycconnected with said legs in front and rear of the pivot axes of the legs and pivotally connected with the truck to swing the legs forwardly and rearwardly in opposite directions when the body is oscillated.

2. A. toy comprising a truck, an animal figure having a body mounted for oscillaoscillating the body, and links pivotally connected at their lower ends with the truck and having their upper terminals extending between the body and legs and pivotally con-' nected with said legs in front and in rear of thefpivot axes of the legs to'swing the legs forwardly and rearwardly in opposite directions when the body is oscillated.

3. A toy comprising a truck including a plate having slots, an animal figure having 5 a body mounted for oscillation on the truck and having legs pivoted to the body, means for oscillating said body, links connected to said legs, and pieces to WhiCllthB links are connected and secured Within said slots flush with the plate. l 1

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

JACOB H. KUTZ. 

